Encryption device, encryption method, and information processing device

ABSTRACT

An encryption server receives encrypted data which is encrypted by using a public key of a first user and which is added with auxiliary information calculated using a combination of a secret key and the public key of the first user and data to be encrypted. Then, the encryption server generates re-encrypted data obtained by re-encrypting the encrypted data using the auxiliary information added to the encrypted data, a public key of a second user, and encrypted information related to the secret key of the first user which is encrypted with the public key of the second user.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority of theprior Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-060926, filed on Mar. 24,2014, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD

The embodiments discussed herein are directed to an encryption device,an encryption method, an information processing device, and anencryption system.

BACKGROUND

While the regulation of protection of personal information andconfidential information is strengthened, a market of services that usesuch information is expanding. Further, a concealing technique is usedin which data can be utilized while personal information andconfidential information are maintained in a protected state. Among theconcealing techniques, there is a technique that uses an encryptiontechnique and a statistical technique according to a data type andservice requirements.

As a concealing technique that uses an encryption technique, ahomomorphic encryption technique is known. The homomorphic encryptiontechnique is one of public key cryptosystems that use a pair ofdifferent keys for encryption and decryption and is an encryptiontechnique that can handle encrypted data as it is. For example, when anencryption function of a homomorphic encryption method related toaddition or multiplication for plain texts m1 and m2 is E,characteristics of the following formula (1) or (2) are established.E(m1)+E(m2)=E(m1+m2)  (1)E(m1)*E(m2)=E(m1*m2)  (2)

The characteristics where the formula (1) is established are referred toas homomorphism for addition and the characteristics where the formula(2) is established are referred to as homomorphism for multiplication.

When the homomorphic encryption method is used, it is possible to obtainan encrypted text of an addition or multiplication calculation resultwithout decrypting the encrypted text by addition or multiplication ofthe encrypted text. The characteristics of the homomorphic encryptionare used in a field of electronic voting and electronic cash and a fieldof cloud computing. As the homomorphic encryption method, an RSA (RivestShamir Adleman) encryption method used for multiplication and anAdditive ElGamal encryption method used for addition are typical.

In recent years, a homomorphic encryption method that can be used forboth addition and multiplication is known, and further, a homomorphicencryption method which can be used for both addition and multiplicationand whose processing performance and encrypted data size are practicalis known.

Here, as an example, the homomorphic encryption method will bedescribed. First, mainly three key generation parameters (n, q, t) areprepared for generating an encryption key. Here, n is a power of two andcalled a lattice dimension, q is a prime number, and t is an integersmaller than q. In a procedure for generating an encryption key, first,as a secret key, an n-dimensional polynomial equation sk in which eachcoefficient is very small is randomly generated. The smallness of eachcoefficient is limited by a certain parameter o. Next, an n-dimensionalpolynomial equation a1 in which each coefficient is smaller than q andan n-dimensional polynomial equation e in which each coefficient is verysmall are randomly generated.

Then, “a0=−(a1*sk+t*e)” is calculated and a pair (a0, a1) is defined asa public key pk. However, when the polynomial equation of a0 iscalculated, a (less than n)-dimensional polynomial equation iscalculated at all times by calculating as x^(n)=−1, x^(n+1)=−x, and soon for an (n or more)-dimensional polynomial equation. Further, as acoefficient of the polynomial equation, a remainder obtained by dividingthe coefficient by the prime number q is outputted. A space in whichsuch a calculation is performed is often academically represented asRq:=Fq[x]/(x^(n)+1).

Next, three n-dimensional polynomial equations u, f, and g in which eachcoefficient is very small are randomly generated for a plain text data mrepresented by an n-dimensional polynomial equation in which eachcoefficient is smaller than t and a public key pk=(a0, a1), andencrypted data E(m, pk)=(c0, c1) of the plain text data m is defined asfollows. That is to say, (c0, c1) is calculated as c0=a0*u+t*g+m, andc1=a1*u+t*f. These calculations are also performed in the space Rq.

Then, for two encrypted texts E(m1, pk)=(c0, c1) and E(m2, pk)=(d0, d1),encryption addition E(m1, pk)+E(m2, pk) is calculated as (c0+d0, c1+d1)and encryption multiplication E(m1, pk)*E(m2, pk) is calculated as(c0+d0, c0*d1+c1*d0, c1*d1). When the encryption multiplication isperformed in this way, note that the data size of the encrypted textbecomes three-component vector from two component vector.

Finally, regarding a decryption process, for an encrypted text c=(c0,c1, c2, and so on) (here, it is assumed that the number of components ofencrypted text data is increased by an encryption operation such as aplurality of encryption multiplications), decryption is performed bycalculating as Dec(c, sk)=[c0+c1*sk+c2*sk²+ . . . ]q mod t by using thesecret key sk. Here, regarding the value of [z]q, a remainder w iscalculated by dividing an integer z by q, and if w<q, [z]q=w isoutputted, and if w≧q, [z]q=w−q is outputted. Further, a mod t means aremainder obtained by dividing an integer a by t.

Hereinafter, numerical examples will be illustrated.The secret key sk=Mod(Mod(4,1033)*x ³+Mod(4,1033)*x ²+Mod(1,1033)*x,x²+1)The public key pk=(a0,a1)a0=Mod(Mod(885,1033)*x ³+Mod(519,1033)*x²+Mod(621,1033)*x+Mod(327,1033),x ⁴+1)a1=Mod(Mod(661,1033)*x ³+Mod(625,1033)*x²+Mod(861,1033)*x+Mod(311,1033),x ⁴+1)E(m,pk)=(c0,c1)The plain text data m=3+2x+2x ²+2x ³c0=Mod(Mod(822,1033)*x ³+Mod(1016,1033)*x²+Mod(292,1033)*x+Mod(243,1033),x ⁴+1)c1=Mod(Mod(840,1033)*x ³+Mod(275,1033)*x²+Mod(628,1033)*x+Mod(911,1033),x ⁴+1)

In the values described above, the key generation parameter (n, q, t) isset to (4, 1033, 20). Further, Mod(a, q) means a remainder obtained bydividing the integer a by the prime number q, and Mod(f(x), x⁴+1) meansa remainder polynomial equation obtained by dividing a polynomialequation f(x) by a polynomial equation x⁴+1. However, it means thatx⁴=−1, x⁵=x, . . . and the like.

When the homomorphic encryption method described above is used for aconcealment calculation, each user who provides data encrypts data byusing a common public key generated by an analyst who analyzes the dataand stores the encrypted data in an analysis device. The analysis deviceanalyzes the encrypted data as it is. The analyst obtains an analysisresult by decrypting the data analyzed by the analysis device by usinghis or her secret key.

Cloud computing has become widely used, so that a plurality of analystsmay share and use the encrypted data in the concealment calculation.Therefore, a concealment calculation using re-encryption in which theencryption key is replaced is widely used.

For example, each user who provides data stores encrypted data encryptedwith his or her public key in the analysis device. The analysis devicereplaces a key of the encrypted data with a key of the analyst by usinga secret key of each user encrypted with a public key of the analyst,that is to say, the analysis device performs the re-encryption. Theanalysis device analyzes the encrypted data, which is re-encrypted withthe key of the analyst, as it is. The analyst obtains an analysis resultby decrypting the data analyzed by the analysis device by using his orher secret key.

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However, a re-encryption process in the homomorphic encryption methoddescribed above takes time because the re-encryption process includesmany complicated encryption processes and decryption processes. Forexample, in an analysis device installed on a cloud system or the like,data encrypted with a different encryption key is analyzed as it is, andthen the data is further encrypted with an encryption key of an analyst.Therefore, each process for the data is performed in a state in whichthe data is encrypted, so that the processing cost is high.

SUMMARY

According to an aspect of the embodiment, an encryption device includesa reception unit that receives encrypted data which is encrypted byusing a public key of a first user and which is added with auxiliaryinformation calculated using a combination of a secret key and thepublic key of the first user and data to be encrypted; and a generationunit that generates re-encrypted data obtained by re-encrypting theencrypted data using the auxiliary information added to the encrypteddata, a public key of a second user, and encrypted information relatedto the secret key of the first user which is encrypted with the publickey of the second user.

The object and advantages of the invention will be realized and attainedby means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out inthe claims.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description andthe following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and arenot restrictive of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an entire configurationof a system according to a first embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a functionalconfiguration of each device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of a process performed by the systemaccording to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining re-encryption according to the firstembodiment; and

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be explained withreference to accompanying drawings. The invention is not limited by theembodiments.

[a] First Embodiment Entire Configuration Diagram

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an entire configurationof a system according to a first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1,the system is an encryption system using cloud computing including auser terminal 10, a user terminal 20, an analyst terminal 30, and anencryption server 40. The number of the devices illustrated in FIG. 1 isan example and is not limited by the number of the devices illustratedin FIG. 1.

The user terminal 10 and the use terminal 20 are terminals that generateencrypted data obtained by encrypting a plain text such as calculationdata and measurement data and store the encrypted data in the encryptionserver 40. The user terminal 10 and the user terminal 20 are, forexample, a personal computer, general-purpose server, and a smartphone.

The analyst terminal 30 is a device that requests the encryption server40 to perform analysis processing using the encrypted data generated bythe user terminal 10 and/or the user terminal 20 and acquires ananalysis result from the encryption server 40. The analyst terminal 30is, for example, a personal computer, a general-purpose server, and asmartphone. While various processing can be applied as an example of theanalysis, for example, addition and multiplication of encrypted data canbe applied.

The encryption server 40 is a server device installed on a cloud system5 accessible from each user terminal and the analyst terminal 30. Theencryption server 40 re-encrypts the encrypted data generated by eachuser terminal by using a key of an analyst and analyzes the re-encrypteddata as it is.

In such a system, each user terminal transmits encrypted data that isencrypted by using a public key of the user terminal to the encryptionserver 40. At this time, each user terminal adds auxiliary informationcalculated by using a combination of a secret key and the public key ofthe terminal and unencrypted data of the encrypted data to the encrypteddata and then transmits the encrypted data to the encryption server 40.Further, each user terminal transmits encrypted information obtained byencrypting the secret key of the user terminal with a public key of theanalyst terminal 30 to the encryption server 40.

When the encryption server 40 receives an analysis request from theanalyst terminal 30, the encryption server 40 re-encrypts each encrypteddata acquired from each user terminal by using a public key of theanalyst. Specifically, the encryption server 40 performs re-encryptionof each encrypted data by using each auxiliary information added to eachencrypted data, the public key of the analyst terminal 30, and theencrypted information acquired from each user terminal. Subsequently,the encryption server 40 analyzes the re-encrypted data as it is andgenerates analysis re-encrypted data. Thereafter, the analyst terminal30 acquires the analysis re-encrypted data generated by the encryptionserver 40 and decrypts the analysis re-encrypted data with a secret keyof the analyst terminal 30 to obtain an analysis result.

In this way, when encrypting data, each user terminal generates theauxiliary information used when the data is re-encrypted and transmitsthe auxiliary information to the encryption server 40 along with theencrypted data. When the encryption server 40 re-encrypts the encrypteddata, the encryption server 40 re-encrypts the encrypted data by usingthe auxiliary information. As a result, it is possible to simplify there-encryption process and reduce the processing time of there-encryption process.

Configurations of Devices

Next, functional configurations of each device included in the systemillustrated in FIG. 1 will be described. Here, the functionalconfigurations of the user terminal 10, the analyst terminal 30, and theencryption server 40 will be specifically described. FIG. 2 is afunctional block diagram illustrating the functional configuration ofeach device according to the first embodiment. The user terminal 20 hasthe same configuration as that of the user terminal 10, so that detaileddescription thereof will be omitted.

Functional Configuration of User Terminal

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the user terminal 10 includes a communicationprocessing unit 11, a key information DB 12, a key distribution unit 13,an encryption processing unit 14, an auxiliary information generationunit 15, and a transmission unit 16. The key distribution unit 13, theencryption processing unit 14, the auxiliary information generation unit15, and the transmission unit 16 are an example of a process performedby a processor or an example of a circuit included in an electroniccircuit.

The communication processing unit 11 is a processing unit that controlscommunication with the encryption server 40 on the cloud system 5. Thecommunication processing unit 11 is, for example, a network interfacecard. For example, the communication processing unit 11 transmits theencrypted data and the auxiliary information to the encryption server40. Further, the communication processing unit 11 establishes a websession and the like with the encryption server 40 and performstransmission and reception of various data.

The key information DB 12 is a database that stores a public key and asecret key of a user who uses the user terminal 10. For example, the keyinformation DB 12 stores a public key pk₁ and a secret key sk₁ that aregenerated with a key parameter (n, q1, t). The key information DB 12 isstored in a storage device such as a hard disk and semiconductor memory.

The key distribution unit 13 is a processing unit that generatesencrypted information obtained by encrypting the secret key stored inthe key information DB 12 with the public key of the analyst terminal 30and transmits the generated encrypted information to the encryptionserver 40. For example, the key distribution unit 13 generates encryptedinformation E(sk₁, pk)=(c0′, c1′) of the secret key sk₁ encrypted withthe public key pk of the analyst and transmits the encrypted informationto the encryption server 40. The public key pk of the analyst and thesecret key sk are keys capable of performing a predetermined concealmentcalculation and are generated with a key parameter (n, q, t). Here,q>q1.

The encryption processing unit 14 is a processing unit that encryptsunencrypted data to be analyzed. Specifically, the encryption processingunit 14 performs homomorphic encryption processing on unencrypted databy using the public key stored in the key information DB 12 andgenerates encrypted data. For example, the encryption processing unit 14performs the homomorphic encryption processing on plain text informationm and generates encrypted data Enc(m, pk₁)=(c0, c1).

The auxiliary information generation unit 15 is a processing unit thatgenerates auxiliary information, which is used when data isre-encrypted, when the data is encrypted. Specifically, the auxiliaryinformation generation unit 15 calculates the auxiliary information byusing a combination of the secret key and the public key of the terminalstored in the key information DB 12 and unencrypted data of theencrypted data. For example, the auxiliary information generation unit15 calculates ξ=Lift(c0)+Lift(c1)*Lift(sk₁)−m mod t. Here, Lift(a) is anatural lifted-up mapping of a ring R_(q1)=F_(q1)[x]/(x^(n)+1) thatdefines a foundation space of an encrypted text to a ringR=Z[x]/(x^(n)+1) of the original a.

The transmission unit 16 is a processing unit that transmits theencrypted data to which the auxiliary information is added to theencryption server 40. Specifically, when the encryption and thegeneration of the auxiliary information are completed, the transmissionunit 16 acquires the encrypted data Enc(m, pk₁) from the encryptionprocessing unit 14 and acquires the auxiliary information ξ from theauxiliary information generation unit 15. Then, the transmission unit 16transmits the encrypted data with the auxiliary information (Enc(m,pk₁), ξ) to the encryption server 40.

Functional Configuration of Encryption Server

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the encryption server 40 includes acommunication processing unit 41, a key information DB 42, an encryptedtext DB 43, a re-encrypted text DB 44, a key acquisition unit 45, anencrypted data acquisition unit 46, a re-encryption processing unit 47,and an analysis execution unit 48.

The key information DB 42, the encrypted text DB 43, and there-encrypted text DB 44 are stored in a storage device such as a harddisk and semiconductor memory. The key acquisition unit 45, theencrypted data acquisition unit 46, the re-encryption processing unit47, and the analysis execution unit 48 are an example of a processperformed by a processor or an example of a circuit included in anelectronic circuit.

The communication processing unit 41 is a processing unit that controlscommunication with the user terminal 10 and the analyst terminal 30. Thecommunication processing unit 41 is, for example, a network interfacecard. For example, the communication processing unit 41 receives theencrypted data, the encrypted information, and various requests.Further, the communication processing unit 41 establishes a web sessionand the like with each terminal and perform a transmission and receptionof various data.

The key information DB 42 is a database that stores key information ofeach user terminal and the analyst terminal 30. For example, the keyinformation DB 42 stores the public key pk of the analyst, the encryptedinformation E(sk₁, pk) acquired from the user terminal 10, and encryptedinformation E(sk₂, pk) acquired from the user terminal 20. The keyinformation of the user terminal 20 is a public key pk₂ and a secret keysk₂ that are generated with a key parameter (n, q2, t). Here, q>q2.

The encrypted text DB 43 is a database that stores encrypted data withauxiliary information acquired from each user terminal. For example, theencrypted text DB 43 stores the encrypted data with the auxiliary data(Enc(m, pk₁), ξ) acquired from the user terminal 10.

The re-encrypted text DB 44 is a database that stores re-encrypted datathat is re-encrypted with the public key of the analyst terminal. Forexample, the re-encrypted text DB 44 stores Enc(m, pk)=(d0, d1) as are-encrypted text, which is re-encrypted with the public key pk of theanalyst, of an encrypted text Enc(m, pk₁) of the plain text informationm that is encrypted with pk₁.

The key acquisition unit 45 is a processing unit that acquiresinformation related to keys from each terminal and stores theinformation in the key information DB 42. For example, the keyacquisition unit 45 acquires the public key from the analyst terminal30. Further, the key acquisition unit 45 acquires the encryptedinformation E(sk₁, pk) of the secret key sk₁ encrypted with the publickey pk of the analyst from the user terminal 10. The key acquisitionunit 45 acquires the encrypted information E(sk₂, pk) of the secret keysk₂ encrypted with the public key pk of the analyst from the useterminal 20.

The encrypted data acquisition unit 46 is a processing unit thatacquires the encrypted data with auxiliary information from each userterminal and stores the encrypted data with auxiliary information in theencrypted text DB 43. For example, the encrypted data acquisition unit46 acquires the encrypted data with the auxiliary data (Enc(m, pk₁), ξ)from the user terminal 10 and stores the encrypted data with theauxiliary information in the encrypted text DB 43.

The re-encryption processing unit 47 is a processing unit that performsthe re-encryption processing when receiving an analysis request from theanalyst terminal 30. Specifically, the re-encryption processing unit 47re-encrypts each encrypted data stored in the encrypted text DB 43 byusing the key information of the analyst and stores the re-encrypteddata in the re-encrypted text DB 44. Thereafter, the re-encryptionprocessing unit 47 notifies the analysis execution unit 48 that there-encryption is completed.

For example, the re-encryption processing unit 47 calculates“d0=C0+ξ+c1*C0′” and “d1=c1*c1′” as the re-encryption processing usingthe auxiliary information for the encrypted data with the auxiliary dataEnc(m, pk₁), ξ) described above. However, the calculation describedabove is calculated on a ring R_(q)=F_(q)[x]/(x^(n)+1) of an encryptedtext space corresponding to a newly generated key (key of the analyst).Although, here, c0 and c1 are the origin of the ring R_(q1), c0 and c1are calculated as the origin of a partial space of the ring R_(q).

Therefore, the re-encryption processing unit 47 defines Enc(m, pk)=(d0,d1) as re-encrypted data, which is re-encrypted with pk, of theencrypted text Enc(m, pk₁) of the plain text information m that isencrypted with pk₁. When this re-encrypted text is decrypted with thesecret key sk of the analyst, the original plain text information m canbe restored.

The analysis execution unit 48 is a processing unit that executesanalysis processing. For example, when the analysis execution unit 48 isnotified that the re-encryption is completed by the re-encryptionprocessing unit 47, the analysis execution unit 48 executes the analysisprocessing such as addition and multiplication on the re-encrypted dataas it is, which is stored in the re-encrypted text DB 44, generatesanalysis re-encrypted data, and transmits the analysis re-encrypted datato the analyst terminal 30. The analysis processing is not necessarilyexecuted. For example, the analysis execution unit 48 can read there-encrypted data stored in the re-encrypted text DB 44 and transmit there-encrypted data as it is to the analyst terminal 30.

Functional Configuration of Analyst Terminal

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the analyst terminal 30 includes acommunication processing unit 31, a key information DB 32, a keydistribution unit 33, an analysis request unit 34, and a decryptionprocessing unit 35. The key distribution unit 33, the analysis requestunit 34, and the decryption processing unit 35 are an example of aprocess performed by a processor or an example of a circuit included inan electronic circuit.

The communication processing unit 31 is a processing unit that controlscommunication with the encryption server 40 on the cloud system 5. Thecommunication processing unit 11 is, for example, network interfacecard. For example, the communication processing unit 31 transmits keyinformation to the encryption server 40. Further, the communicationprocessing unit 31 receives the analysis re-encrypted data after theanalysis from the encryption server 40. Further, the communicationprocessing unit 31 establishes a web session and the like with theencryption server 40 and performs transmission and reception of variousdata.

The key information DB 32 is a database that stores a public key and asecret key of a user who uses the analyst terminal 30. For example, thekey information DB 32 stores a public key pk and a secret key sk whichare generated with a key parameter (n, q, t) and are capable ofperforming a predetermined concealment calculation. The key informationDB 32 is stored in a storage device such as a hard disk andsemiconductor memory.

The key distribution unit 33 is a processing unit that transmits thepublic key stored in the key information DB 32 to the encryption server40. For example, the key distribution unit 33 transmits the public keypk of the analyst to the encryption server 40. The analysis request unit34 is a processing unit that requests the encryption server 40 toperform analysis processing such as addition and multiplication.

The decryption processing unit 35 is a processing unit that decrypts theanalysis re-encrypted data received from the encryption server 40. Forexample, the decryption processing unit 35 receives the re-encrypteddata Enc(m, pk)=(d0, d1) after the analysis from the encryption server40. Then, the decryption processing unit 35 decrypts the re-encrypteddata Enc(m, pk)=(d0, d1) by using the own secret key sk stored in thekey information NB 32 and restores the plain text information m.

Here, an example is described in which the original plain textinformation of the encrypted data transmitted by the user terminal 10 isobtained. However, it is not limited to this. For example, when analysisre-encrypted data Enc(T, pk) is obtained as a result of adding eachre-encrypted data, it is possible to obtain plain text information T bydecrypting the Enc(T, pk) in the same method.

Numerical Example

As the re-encryption process described above, the decryption process ofthe secret key sk₁ of the encrypted text Enc(m, pk₁) of the plain textinformation m encrypted with the public key pk₁ of the user terminal 10is calculated as [c0+c1*sk₁]_(q1) mod t. However, from the configurationmethod of the auxiliary information ξ, the decryption process can alsobe calculated by Lift(c0)+Lift(c1)*Lift(sk₁)−m mod t.

Therefore, when the decryption process described above is operated withan encrypted text on the public key pk of the analyst by usinginformation of Enc(sk₁, pk)=(c0′, c1′) which is obtained by encryptingthe secret key sk₁ of the user terminal 10 with the public key pk of theanalyst, the above re-encryption process itself is performed. In otherwords, in the re-encryption process disclosed in the embodiment, thedecryption process is simplified by the auxiliary information and aprocess in which the simplified decryption process is evaluated by ahomomorphic encryption operation is performed. Here, a numerical exampleof the re-encryption process using the auxiliary information will beillustrated.

When an initial key parameter, that is, the key parameter of the userterminal 10 in the above example, is (n, q1, t)=(4, 1033, 20), aninitial key pair, that is, a key pair (pk₁, sk₁) of the user terminal 10in the above example, is generated as follows:pk₁=(a0,a1),a0=Mod(Mod(885,q)*x ³+Mod(519,q)*x²+Mod(621,q)*x+Mod(327,q),x ⁴+1),a1=Mod(Mod(661,q)*x ³+Mod(625,q)*x²+Mod(861,q)*x+Mod(311,q),x ⁴+1)sk₁=Mod(Mod(4,q)*x ³+Mod(4,q)*x ²+Mod(1,q)*x,x ⁴+1)

Next, an encrypted text with auxiliary information (Enc(m, pk₁), ξ)corresponding to a plain text m=3+2x+2x²+2x³ is calculated as follows:Enc(m,pk₁)=(c0,c1),c0=Mod(Mod(822,q)*x ³+Mod(1016,q)*x²+Mod(292,q)*x+Mod(243,q),x ⁴+1),c1=Mod(Mod(840,q)*x ³+Mod(275,q)*x²+Mod(628,q)*x+Mod(911,q),x ⁴+1)ξ=12+19x+14x ²+9x ³

A new key pair generated from a new key parameter, that is, a keyparameter (n, q, t)=(4, 1073741827, 20) of the analyst, that is, a keypair (pk, sk) of the analyst in the above example, is obtained asfollows:pk=(b0,b1),b0=Mod(Mod(175962546,q)*x ³+Mod(371803344,q)*x²+Mod(218138672,q)*x+Mod(224156286,q),x ⁴+1),b1=Mod(Mod(476812016,q)*x³+Mod(135271255,q)*x ²+Mod(610902088,q)*x+Mod(561030593,q),x ⁴+1)sk=Mod(Mod(4,q)*x+Mod(3,q),x ⁴+1)

Then, a re-encrypted text Enc(m, pk)=(d0+d1) that is re-encrypted withthe public key pk of the plain text m is calculated as follows:A pk encrypted text (c0′,c1′) of the secret key sk₁,c0′=Mod(Mod(855259453,q)*x ³+Mod(249061504,q)*x²+Mod(785050327,q)*x+Mod(271540493,q),x ⁴+1),c1′=Mod(Mod(914225662,q)*x³+Mod(442693250,q)*x ²+Mod(142565746,q)*x+Mod(770540096,q),x ⁴+1)d0=Mod(Mod(890335203,q)*x ³+Mod(1000403695,q)*x²+Mod(1066115607,q)*x+Mod(243516610,q),x ⁴+1)d1=Mod(Mod(965623301,q)*x ³+Mod(137137351,q)*x²+Mod(184084287,q)*x+Mod(132274992,q),x ⁴+1)

From the above, the re-encrypted text Enc(m, pk) of the plain textinformation m, which is re-encrypted with pk, calculated above can berestored to the original plain text information m with the secret key skcorresponding to pk.

Process Flow

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram of a process performed by the systemaccording to the first embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the analystterminal 30 generates a common key and a public key which are capable ofperforming a predetermined concealment calculation (step S101) anddistributes the public key to the user terminal 10 and the encryptionserver 40 (from step S102 to step S104). Subsequently, the user terminal10 stores the received public key of the analyst in a storage devicesuch as the key information DB 12 (step S105), and in the same manner,the encryption server 40 stores the received public key of the analystin the key information DB 42 or the like (step S106).

Then, the user terminal 10 performs normal homomorphic encryption togenerate encrypted data (step S107). Specifically, the user terminal 10encrypts an analysis target user by using the public key of the userterminal 10.

Subsequently, the user terminal 10 calculates the auxiliary informationby using a combination of the secret key and the public key of the userterminal 10 and unencrypted data of the encrypted data (step S108).Then, the user terminal 10 transmits the encrypted data to which theauxiliary information is added to the encryption server 40 (step S109and step S110). The encryption server 40 stores the encrypted data withthe auxiliary information in the encrypted text DB 43 (step S111).

Then, the user terminal 10 encrypts the secret key of the user terminal10 with the public key of the analyst (step S112) and transmitsencrypted information which is information of the encrypted secret keyto the encryption server 40 (step S113 and step S114).

Thereafter, the analyst terminal 30 transmits an analysis request to theencryption server 40 (step S115 and step S116). The encryption server 40that receives the analysis request performs re-encryption of theencrypted data by using the auxiliary information added to the encrypteddata, the public key of the analyst, and the encrypted information ofthe secret key of the user terminal 10 received in step S114 (stepS117). Subsequently, the encryption server 40 stores the generatedre-encrypted data in the re-encrypted text DB 44 (step S118). Then, theencryption server 40 executes the requested analysis processing (stepS119).

Thereafter, the analyst terminal 30 acquires the re-encrypted data afterthe analysis from the encryption server 40 (step S120 and step S121) anddecrypts the re-encrypted data with the secret key of the analystterminal 30 to obtain an analysis result (step S122).

Description of Re-Encryption

Next, a general flow of the re-encryption according to the firstembodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining there-encryption according to the first embodiment.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the user terminal 10 holds the public key pk₁and the secret key sk₁ of the user terminal 10, the user terminal 20holds the public key pk₂ and the secret key sk₂ of the user terminal 20,and the analyst terminal 30 holds the public key pk and the secret keysk of the analyst terminal 30.

The encryption server 40 on the cloud system 5 holds the public key pkof the analyst, the encrypted information related to the secret key sk₁of the user terminal 10 encrypted with the public key pk of the analyst,and the encrypted information related to the secret key sk₂ of the userterminal 20 encrypted with the public key pk of the analyst.

The user terminal 10 adds the auxiliary information 1 generated frominformation of the key pair of the user terminal 1, a plain text, andthe like to the encrypted data 1 obtained by encrypting the plain textwith the public key pk₁ of the user terminal 10 and transmits theencrypted data 1 to the encryption server 40. In the same manner, theuser terminal 20 adds the auxiliary information 2 generated frominformation of the key pair of the user terminal 20, a plain text, andthe like to the encrypted data 2 obtained by encrypting the plain textwith the public key pk₂ of the user terminal 20 and transmits theencrypted data 2 to the encryption server 40.

The encryption server 40 re-encrypts the encrypted data 1 by using theauxiliary information 1 added to the encrypted data 1, the public key pkof the analyst, and the encrypted information related to the secret keysk₁ of the user terminal 10 encrypted with the public key pk of theanalyst to generate the re-encrypted data 1. In the same manner, theencryption server 40 re-encrypts the encrypted data 2 by using theauxiliary information 2 added to the encrypted data 2, the public key pkof the analyst, and the encrypted information related to the secret keysk₂ of the user terminal 20 encrypted with the public key pk of theanalyst to generate the re-encrypted data 2.

Then, the encryption server 40 executes analysis processing by using there-encrypted data 1 as it is and the re-encrypted data 2 as it is andgenerates post-analysis re-encrypted data. Thereafter, the analystterminal 30 acquires the post-analysis re-encrypted data and decryptsthe post-analysis re-encrypted data with the secret key of the analystterminal 30 to obtain an analysis result.

Effects

In this way, in the system according to the first embodiment, when datais encrypted, auxiliary information used to perform re-encryption isadded to the data and processing using the auxiliary information isperformed when the re-encryption is performed, so that the processingcost is reduced.

Therefore, in the system according to the first embodiment, it ispossible to significantly reduce the cost of re-encryption processing ofthe homomorphic encryption. Specifically, while the number of times ofperforming encryption multiplication used to perform normalre-encryption is 10,000 or more, the number of times of performingencryption multiplication is two in the re-encryption processing usingthe auxiliary information described in the first embodiment, so that itis possible to perform re-encryption several thousand times faster thanconventional processing.

[b] Second Embodiment

While the embodiment of the present invention has been described, thepresent invention may be implemented in various different forms inaddition to the embodiment described above.

System

Among the processes described in the embodiment, all or some of theprocesses that are automatically performed may be performed manually.Alternatively, all or some of the processes that are manually performedmay be performed automatically by a known method. Moreover, theprocessing procedures, control procedures, specific names, andinformation including various data and parameters described in the aboveembodiments and the drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwisestated.

The components of the devices illustrated in the drawings arefunctionally conceptual, and need not necessarily be physicallyconfigured as illustrated in the drawings. In other words, specificforms of distribution and integration of the devices are not limited tothose illustrated in the drawings. That is to say, all or some of thedevices can be functionally or physically distributed or integrated inarbitrary units according to various loads and the state of use.Moreover, all or any part of the processing functions performed in eachdevice can be realized by a CPU and a program analyzed and executed bythe CPU, or can be realized as hardware by wired logic.

Hardware

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example. Eachdevice illustrated in FIG. 1 has the same configuration, so that herethe encryption server 40 will be described as an example.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the encryption server 40 includes acommunication interface 40 a, an HDD (hard disk drive) 40 b, a memory 40c, and a processor 40 d. Each unit illustrated in FIG. 5 is connected toeach other through a bus or the like.

The communication interface 40 a is an interface that controlscommunication with other devices. The communication interface 40 a is,for example, an interface card. The HDD 40 b stores a program forcausing the functions illustrated in FIG. 2 and the like to be operatedand DBs.

The processor 40 d causes a process that performs the functionsdescribed in FIG. 2 and the like to be operated by reading a programthat performs the same processing as that of the processing unitsillustrated in FIG. 2 and the like from the HDD 40 b and the like andloading the program in the memory 40 c.

In other words, the process performs the same functions as those of theprocessing units included in the encryption server 40. Specifically, theprocessor 40 d reads a program having the same functions of those of thekey acquisition unit 45, the encrypted data acquisition unit 46, there-encryption processing unit 47, and the analysis execution unit 48from the HDD 40 b or the like. Then, the processor 40 d performs aprocess that performs the same processing operations as those of the keyacquisition unit 45, the encrypted data acquisition unit 46, there-encryption processing unit 47, and the analysis execution unit 48.

The encryption server 40 reads and executes the program in this way, sothat the encryption server 40 operates as an information processingdevice that performs an encryption method. Further, the encryptionserver 40 can also realize the same function as that of the embodimentdescribed above by reading the program from a recording medium by usinga medium reading device and executing the read program. The program usedin this other embodiment is not limited to be executed by the encryptionserver 40. For example, the present invention can also be applied whenanother computer or another server executes the program and when thesedevices execute the program in cooperation with each other.

According to an embodiment, it is possible to reduce the processing timeof the re-encryption process.

All examples and conditional language recited herein are intended forpedagogical purposes of aiding the reader in understanding the inventionand the concepts contributed by the inventor to further the art, and arenot to be construed as limitations to such specifically recited examplesand conditions, nor does the organization of such examples in thespecification relate to a showing of the superiority and inferiority ofthe invention. Although the embodiments of the present invention havebeen described in detail, it should be understood that the variouschanges, substitutions, and alterations could be made hereto withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. An encryption device comprising: a reception unitthat receives encrypted data which is encrypted by using a public key ofa first user and which is added with auxiliary information calculatedusing data that has not yet been encrypted and a combination of a secretkey and the public key of the first user; and a generation unit thatgenerates re-encrypted data obtained by re-encrypting the encrypted datausing the auxiliary information added to the encrypted data, a publickey of a second user, and encrypted information related to the secretkey of the first user which is encrypted with the public key of thesecond user, wherein the public key and a common key of the first userand the public key and a common key of the second user are generated bya key parameter including a first parameter that represents a latticedimension, a second parameter that is an arbitrary prime number, and athird parameter that is an arbitrary prime number smaller than thesecond parameter, and the second parameter corresponding to the seconduser is a prime number greater than the second parameter correspondingto the first user.
 2. An encryption method comprising: receivingencrypted data which is encrypted using a public key of a first user andwhich is added with auxiliary information calculated using data that hasnot yet been encrypted and a combination of a secret key and the publickey of the first user; and generating re-encrypted data obtained byre-encrypting the encrypted data by using the auxiliary information, apublic key of a second user, and encrypted information of the secret keyof the first user which is encrypted with the public key of the seconduser, wherein the public key and a common key of the first user and thepublic key and a common key of the second user are generated by a keyparameter including a first parameter that represents a latticedimension, a second parameter that is an arbitrary prime number, and athird parameter that is an arbitrary prime number smaller than thesecond parameter, and the second parameter corresponding to the seconduser is a prime number greater than the second parameter correspondingto the first user.
 3. An information processing device comprising: anencryption unit that encrypts data using a public key of a first user; acalculation unit that calculates auxiliary information using acombination of a secret key and the public key of the first user and thedata that has not yet been encrypted; and a transmission unit that addsthe auxiliary information calculated by the calculation unit toencrypted data generated by the encryption unit and transmits theencrypted data to an encryption device, wherein the public key and acommon key of the first user and the public key and a common key of thesecond user are generated by a key parameter including a first parameterthat represents a lattice dimension, a second parameter that is anarbitrary prime number, and a third parameter that is an arbitrary primenumber smaller than the second parameter, and the second parametercorresponding to the second user is a prime number greater than thesecond parameter corresponding to the first user.